Category: Time Management
Audience: All HustleNest users (Free / Motivated / Serious Business)
Also called: Timer, Timesheets, Time Management
Overview
Track work (and life) activities with a one-click timer or manual entries, analyse time with Insights, review and fix records in History, and bill from timesheets in Timesheet & Billing. The timer keeps running when you navigate away and is accessible from the top-bar widget, but you must keep your browser window open. You can create invoices from Insights or Timesheet and export a CSV for records.
Availability by plan
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Free (Side‑Hustle): Unlimited time tracking.
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Motivated: Time tracking for unlimited time tracking (plus more client capacity).
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Serious Business: Everything in Motivated, plus more client capacity.
Note
Time tracking and time-based invoicing are available on all tiers.
Quick start: track time
Go to Time Management from the main nav (or Start Here → Manage Time).
In Quickstart (Timer), choose a category (e.g., Work → New/Existing Client/Own Business; Life → Me Time/Study/Friends & Family).
Click Start to begin tracking; navigate anywhere — the timer keeps running.
Use the top-bar timer widget (near your profile picture) to return, stop, and save.
Add notes and adjust client/category if needed.
To log past work, click Add time entry and fill the details manually.
Note
You can edit an entry immediately after saving or later from History.
Tabs & what they’re for
Quickstart (Timer)
Value: Fast capture; multitask; fix details later.
Use it to: Start/stop the timer, switch tasks, or add manual entries.
Good to know
If you forgot to start the timer, add the time manually for past activities.
Insights
Value: Education, analysis, decision‑making.
Use it to: Select a date range to see where your time went, top clients/categories, and hours you still need to invoice.
Good to know
From Insights, use Create Invoice to bill selected periods.
History
Value: Tracking, organising, analysis.
Use it to: Search and filter your activity across categories, edit individual entries, and fix mistakes quickly.
Timesheet & Billing
Value: Reporting/admin, invoicing, transparency.
Use it to: Filter by client, select entries, create a timesheet (CSV) for download, or create an invoice directly from your selection.
Create an invoice from time entries
Open Insights or Timesheet & Billing.
Select the date range (and client, if needed).
Click Create Invoice.
Review the draft in Invoicing; then share or download as usual.
Export your timesheet (CSV)
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Go to Timesheet & Billing, pick the date range (and filters), then click Download CSV.
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Use the CSV for payroll, analysis, or external reporting.
Troubleshooting
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Can’t find an entry → Check the date range and category filters; look in History.
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Timer missing → Look for the widget near your profile picture; refresh the page if needed.
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Invoice shows wrong data → Re‑check the date range and selection before creating the invoice; review the draft in Invoicing.
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CSV is empty → Ensure the date range and client filter include entries.
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Entry total looks wrong → Open the entry from History and adjust start/stop times or category.
Field reference (quick)
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Category: Work (New Client, Existing Client, Own Business) or Life (Me Time, Study, Friends & Family).
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Client/Project: Link time to a client or your own business.
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Notes: Short description of the activity.
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Start/Stop & Duration: Captured automatically by the timer; editable on manual entries.
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Date Range: Used in Insights and Timesheet for reporting and billing.
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Filters: Client, category, and date to narrow results.
Tags & synonyms
time tracking; timer; stopwatch; manual time entry; insights; history; timesheet; billing; CSV export; date range; time‑based invoice
